Scrubbing-brush



(No Madel.)

SGRUBBING BRUSH.

Patentedpr. 4, 1893 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GENEVIEVE T. V. REGAN, OF LONG BRANCH, NElV JERSEY.

SCRUBBING-BRUSH.

SPECIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 494,761, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed August 10, 1892. Serial No. 442,693. (No modem To allwhom it may concern.-

Beit known thatl, GENEVIEVE T. V. REGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Long Branch, in the county of Monmouth and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Scrubbing-Brush, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for scrubbing brushes, having forits object to ro provide a simple, cheap, and effective device forattach ment to scrubbing brushes whereby dirt may be removed fromcorners,which cannot be reached with the brush, and whereby matter whichclings to the door may be scraped olf, and with these objects in View myinvention consists in a certain novel construction and combination ofparts which Will be fully described hereinafter in connection with thedrawings and specifically pointed out in the tze appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of a scrubbing brushprovided with my cleaning attachment. Fig. 2 is asimilarview showing thecleaner folded as'when not in use.

A represents an ordinary scrubbing brush, to the back of which isattached a strip, B, carrying a metal plate, C. To the metal plate ishinged the blade, D, tapered orsharpcned to a point at its free end. Thehingejoint, E, is set back from the end of the strip,

B, so that when the blade is extended, as

shown in Fig. l, it lies in contact with the said extension of thestrip.

F represents a retaining hook, which is pivotally connected to thebrush, near one end of the strip, and adapted, when the blade is foldedas shown in Fig. 2, to lie across the same and engage an eye, G, upontheopposite side, so as to hold the blade in such position. A similarretaining hook, H, is arranged near the opposite end of the strip, B, toengage an eye, I, and hold the blade in its extended or operativeposition.

It will be seen that my attachment is applicable to any ordinaryscrubbing brush, and may be employed, as above mentioned to clean dirtfrom cracks, corners, and from surfaces Where it cannot be reached orcannot be removed by the ordinary means. The blade, when extended isparallel with the back of the brush whereby the latter forms ahandle,and when folded the blade lies close to the back of the brush and isthus held out of the Way.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In combination with a scrubbing-brush, a plate C iiXed to the back ofthe brush, ablade D hinged to said plate, a hook H to hold the blade inits open or extended position, and a hook F to lock the same in itsfolded position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed mysignaturein the presence of two Witnesses.

GENEVIEVE T. V. REGAN.

Witnesses:

SARAH FERRY, JAMES CAMPBELL.

